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31 sats \ 25 replies \ @siggy47 7 Jun \ on: T20 Cricket WC Survivor Pool of Pools — Pick Your Winners (Next 5 Matches) Stacker_Sports

I'm watching USA-Pakistan highlights. Everyone in the stands are screaming. I wish I knew what the hell was going on. I did appreciate an incredible catch by a US player.

65 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

Steve Taylor? Single handed off the bat of Rizwan?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 7 Jun

Yes

54 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

Yeah. That’s a pretty special catch. If you are watching the Australia v England game watch for a fielder/bowler called Chris Jordan (also quite handy with the bat)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

Yes we're aware of Jordan. Excellent depth bowler, excellent catcher and a fine slogger at the back end.

54 sats \ 10 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

That was one heck of a catch! Not easy for such a big fellow to dive and grab.

31 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 7 Jun

Speaking of a big fellow, there was a guy on the Pakistan team who some might categorize as downright obese. I got a kick out of that.

65 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 7 Jun

Have you heard about Inzamam ul Haq?

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 7 Jun

I just read about him. I guess he was a great player?

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 7 Jun

Yes, he was a great player. IMO, he was the greatest of all Pakistani batsmen and a very humble human being.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

One of the greatest batsman Pakistan ever produced.

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

Yeah! That food panda guy 😂 He's known for big hits goes berserk at spinners on his day but his day only comes once in a blue moon

54 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

Azam Khan. First rule of commenting on PakistanI cricket selection ‘Do not talk about Azam Khan’…. Handy with the bat but had a tough spell with the gloves in the game before last.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

LOL! He's the son of former wicket-keeper captain Moin Khan so yeah, no point talking about his selection 😂

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 7 Jun

Pakistani board is quite liberal with corruption in selections.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MANI 7 Jun

Idk about corruption but it's plain favouritism, nepotism. Senior players including Babar prioritising friendships over merit therefore, here they are.

54 sats \ 9 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 7 Jun

Watching a cricket match inside a stadium is a very different experience. People cheer Home team more but sometimes for some countries like India, their fans are found everywhere.

In india, the noise inside a cricket stadium generally filled with 100k people gets so deafening that it creates an environment of a meditation where you have one objective only and that's cricket.

21 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 7 Jun

I think it was the one @carlosfandango described.

54 sats \ 6 replies \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

You should check out some of the crowd catches over the years. Big sums of money for a clean, one-handed crowd catch off a ‘6’ on tv

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 7 Jun

I know these are 5year old kid questions for you, but a 6 is into the crowd on a fly, and a 4 is into the crowd on one bounce?

75 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 7 Jun

A 4 can even be with as many bounces as it can take.

Actually there's a rope around the ground nearly 60 to 70 metres from the pitch. If a bowl crosses that rope on the fly, it is a six. If the ball crosses that rope through the ground, it's a 4.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 7 Jun

Okay. That alleviates a lot of confusion. I still have plenty left, though.

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

Yeah - I really haven’t helped…. Lol

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 7 Jun

For a 4, can it bounced off a fielder? (muffed catch)

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 7 Jun

Yes. Or the catcher touched the boundary rope while holding the ball.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MB 8 Jun

Have to agree that there is nothing better than watching cricket in a stadium. The crowds for depending on the format makes such a difference. Personally I love watching test match cricket like but the atmosphere in T20 is something else!